Protective hat container



Feb. 19, 1952 J. D. NOBLE PROTECTIVE HAT CONTAINER Filed July 24, 1951Patented Feb. 19, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,586,700 PROTECTIVEHAT CONTAINER John D. Noble, Kermit,'Tex. Application July 24, 1951,Serial No. 238,288

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to a container which is adapted to storing orholding a hat, and in protecting said hat while in the container fromdust and dirt from without, and also protecting the hat from beingcrushed or damaged, or losing shape while in the container.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a containerconstructed of plastic or other suitable material of rigid texture builtto conform with the general overall shape of the hat for which it willcontain and made with suflicient strength to protect a hat from beingcrushed when this invention is itself packed or placed within anothercontainer such as a suitcase or a trunk.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container to hold a hatfirmly in place thereby preventing damage to said hat from frictionalcontact with inside of the container, and also to provide a containerwhich will be easily openable or closeable, and when closed will bedustproof and moisture-proof.

With the foregoing objects stated above the invention will now bedescribed in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top external view showing my invention in the cap or visortype version of the protective hat container.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view of my invention in the cap or visor type hatcontainer version.

Figure 4 is a side View of my invention in the brim type hat containerversion.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 6.

Figure 6 is a top view of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the locking devise onmy invention.

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the joiningof the two sections of my invention taken at one of the locking pointspictured in Figure '7.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 6 in the pincushion or womens hat container version.

With more particular reference to the drawings, Ill designates the topsection of the container and II the bottom section. Sections l0 fittedtogether. Section I0 fits into H and makes contact at [5 which is agasket of rubber or felt or other suitable material encircling theinside of II' and shown enlarged in Figure 8. The edge of 10 will bepressed against M to form a dustproof and moistureproof container by [5,one of several knobs on the internal side of H, fitting into I6 anL-shaped indentation formed in In as shown enlarged in Figure 7. A twistof I0 in the opposite direction from II when so joined will lock l5 and[6, or will unlock the sections when said twist is reversed. The con- 2nection and locking system just explained is the same in all versions ofmy invention.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 are views of my invention adapted to contain a hatof the stiff visor type outlined as 26. Hat 20 resting at point 24 isheld in place at visor 23 by block 12, which is attached to 10 by glueor other adhesive material, and by block I3 similarly fashioned as l2but to section II. Blocks l2 and I3 and subsequently described block I!are composed of sponge rubber or other suitable material.

The brim type hat container shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 is a modifiedversion of my invention consisting of top section 25 in the form of acentral dome with a surrounding flange so as to conform to hat 22 withbrim 21. This type hat is held in place by blocks I! which hold hat 22by its brim 2| firmly against the internal surface of 26 the bottomsection modified to fit top 25 as I! fits H).

A variation of the brim type hat container is seen in Figure 9. Thisversion is used when it is desired to hold hat 2'! in place by means ofhat pins 19 rather than by blocks which are not shown, nor intended tobe incorporated in this version. Hat 2! is held secure by pins l9 beinginserted through hat 21 and thence into a soft sponge rubber, or likepenetrable substance, semispherical form 18 attached by adhesion to theinternal center of 26. This variation of the brim type hat container isto be used primarily for womens hats which often times do not haveuniform or adequate brims to be held as a hat in Figure 5 is held.

What I claim is:

A plastic cap container comprising a rigid substantially circular baseportion having upright walls and a rigid cover therefor having wallstelescoping within the walls of the base and removably locked thereto, asealing gasket positioned between the free edge of the walls of thecover and the base, a resilient outwardly inclined visor supportingblock secured to the inner surface of the base, and a resilient blocksecured to the inner surface of the cover and projecting toward the freeend of the first named block and cooperating therewith to clamptherebetween the visor of a cap adapted to be contained within thecontainer.

' JOHN D. NOBLE.

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